How to Be Awesome at Your Job
Get more fun, wins, meaning, and money from your job! With 25,000,000 downloads and mentions in The New York Times, Forbes, and Linkedin Learning. This show helps grow your skills and impact at any job that requires thinking and collaborating.
Each week, Pete interviews thought-leaders and results-getters to discover specific, actionable insights that boost work performance. Their stories and advice sharpen the universal skills to flourish at work. Boost your time/energy management, leadership, confidence, career opportunities, and fulfillment—while still getting home earlier.
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- Update frequency
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- 1106
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
899: How to Speak Smarter When Put on the Spot with Matt Abrahams
Matt Abrahams outlines six steps to improve your spontaneous speaking skills.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to feel more comfortable speaking on the spot.
2) Four tactics to keep speaking anxiety …
00:33:28 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
898: How to Reduce Workplace Drama and Ego with Cy Wakeman
Cy Wakeman discusses why engagement is overrated and what really drives results.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How your ego ruins 2.5 hours of each day.
2) Three questions for breaking free from your …
00:45:54 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
897: Jon Acuff: The Three Steps to Achieving Any Goal
Jon Acuff reveals why we often struggle to meet our goals—and shares practical advice for achieving results.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to make your loftiest goals more reachable.
2) The “right…
00:40:24 |
Mon 11 Sep 2023
896: Finding More Success and Joy in Everything You Do with Suneel Gupta
Suneel Gupta shows how to find more joy and success every day by drawing from the wisdom of ancient Indian traditions.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The eight essential practices for daily success.
2)…
00:51:26 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
895: The Keys to Continual Growth and Improvement with Eduardo Briceño
Eduardo Briceño reveals the fundamental factors that accelerate your growth and improvement.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How focusing on performance actually hurts results.
2) The one feedback metho…
00:36:25 |
Thu 31 Aug 2023
894: The Three Keys to Retaining Your Best People with Joe Mull
Joe Mull breaks down the fundamentals of why people leave their jobs then shares simple solutions to creating a happier, more committed workforce.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The true story behind the…
00:38:03 |
Mon 28 Aug 2023
893: How to Help Your Team Beat Distraction and Unleash Their Productivity with Maura Thomas
Maura Thomas shows you how to create a distraction-free work environment to make time for the tasks that matter most.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The underlying cause of derailed productivity.
2) Ho…
00:45:11 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
892: Tools for Thriving amid Change with Curtis Bateman
Curtis Bateman shares simple tools that make uncertainty less frustrating and more rewarding.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The simple model that makes change predictable and actionable.
2) The critic…
00:46:45 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
891: Finding Calm, Balance, and a Cure for Workaholism with Dr. Bryan Robinson
Dr. Bryan Robinson shares the dangers of work addiction–and how you can recover from it.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) What workaholism is–and how you can tell if you have it.
2) The 10 C’s to help yo…
00:43:12 |
Thu 17 Aug 2023
890: The Five Laws to Asking for What You Want with Laura Fredricks
Laura Fredricks shares battle-tested tips to confidently ask for what you want.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to respond to “I’ll think about it.”
2) Why you want to talk only 25% of the time.
3…
00:30:10 |
Mon 14 Aug 2023
889: Deploying Your Unique Problem-Solving Strengths with Cheryl Strauss Einhorn
Cheryl Einhorn provides tools to improve your decision-making skills.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The key to countering bias in decision-making.
2) The five Problem Solver Profiles–and which one you…
00:32:49 |
Thu 10 Aug 2023
888: How to Get Results without Damaging Relationships with Dr. Nate Regier
Dr. Nate Regier reveals his process for practicing compassionate accountability that builds relationships.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The three switches for greater compassion every day.
2) A handy…
00:37:28 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
887: How to Navigate Conflict and Find Clarity with Marc Lesser
Marc Lesser shows how to navigate difficult emotions and conversations to build thriving relationships.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why we shouldn’t be afraid of conflict.
2) The one question you ne…
00:37:33 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
886: How to Become an Executive with Adam Bryant
Adam Bryant shares powerful insights on how to get promoted and be successful as a leader.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) What every aspiring leader should know about themselves.
2) How to get promoted…
00:46:29 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
885: How to Build the Mental Fitness and Resilience of a Champion with Greg Harden
Legendary coach Greg Harden shares the secrets of his world-famous athletes for conquering fear, fatigue, anxiety, and self-doubt.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to master your response to any situat…
00:39:05 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
884: How to Beat Distraction and Make Every Moment More Fulfilling with Dr. Cassie Holmes
Cassie Holmes shares powerful strategies for finding more meaning and fulfillment from your hours.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why more time doesn’t make us more happy.
2) Two tricks to make drudger…
00:55:18 |
Mon 24 Jul 2023
883: How to Thrive in Uncertainty and Chaos with Dan Thurmon
Dan Thurmon shares powerful tools to make chaos your ally.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How to reframe the stresses of uncertainty.
2) How to break the patterns of negative self-talk.
3) The tiny l…
00:42:54 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
882: Setting your Future Self up for Success with Dr. Hal Hershfield
Hal Hershfield discusses how to make–and stick with–better decisions to enrich your future self.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why you should build a relationship with your future self.
2) How to moti…
00:41:15 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
881: How to Find Focus, Fight Distraction, and Boost Your Attention Span with Dr. Gloria Mark
Dr. Gloria Mark shares her science-based solutions for overcoming distractions and finding more flow.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The biggest hurdle for your attention span.
2) What drains your atte…
00:52:32 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
880: How to Thrive and Succeed as a Middle Manager with Bill Schaninger
Bill Schaninger explains why middle managers are critical to an organization’s success—and shares powerful principles for better leading.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why middle managers are often unde…
00:43:45 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
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